diff --git a/docs/REST API/rest-api.md b/docs/REST API/rest-api.md
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--- a/docs/REST API/rest-api.md	
+++ b/docs/REST API/rest-api.md	
@@ -2499,7 +2499,9 @@ Returns the information of the specified host.
 ### Get host by identifier
 
 Returns the information of the host specified using the `uuid`, `hardware_serial`, `osquery_host_id`, `hostname`, or
-`node_key` as an identifier
+`node_key` as an identifier.
+
+If `hostname` is specified when there is more than one host with the same hostname, the endpoint returns the first matching host.
 
 `GET /api/v1/fleet/hosts/identifier/:identifier`